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Fresco of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
The fragmentary remains on the stone lower half of the iconostasis is believed to represent the parable of the wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25), which is commemorated in the Syrian Orthodox Church by the feast of Nahireh on the evening of Palm Sunday.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Iconostasis, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria, Wise and Foolish Virgins
Detached fresco
This fresco is from the earliest layer of decoration that is post 1058 and pre 1095. The subject is unclear and the board on which it is preserved hangs on the west wall of the north aisle of the chapel.
Type: Painting
Tags: An Nabk, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
The north aisle of the church facing east
This image shows the east end of the northern aisle of the chapel with the font in the foreground and the Baptism of Christ and Simeon Stylites behind.
Type: Architecture
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Architecture, Baptism of Christ, Baptismal Font, Baptistery, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Simeon Stylites, Syria
Fresco of Simeon Stylites
This fresco is to the north of the Baptism of Christ fresco in the north east corner of the chapel. The untidy looking inscription beneath the painting is contemporary with the picture and is dated 1095, thus fixing the date of the second level of paintings in the church.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Arabic, Arabic Inscription, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Inscription, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Simeon Stylites, Syria
Fresco of the Baptism of Christ
This painting is on the east wall of the north aisle of the monastery chapel and is believed to have been painted in the area of the church used as a baptistery as a broken font was discovered in the valley below the church and has now been replaced in the north aisle. These frescoes are part of the second cycle painted in the chapel and date to 1095.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Architecture, Baptism of Christ, Baptismal Font, Baptistery, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
Fresco of an angel
This angel has become the most well-known fresco at Deir Mar Musa as it is used as the symbol of the modern monastic community. This fresco is on the north side of the wall adjacent to the apse and is alongside an image of the Baptism of Christ. It is part of the second of the three levels of fresco and therefore can be dated to 1095.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Angel, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
View of Deir Mar Musa from the east
These pictures were taken from the valley below the monastery before a road and small-holding were established there.
Type: Architecture
Tags: An Nabk, Architecture, Deir Mar Musa, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
View of Deir Mar Musa from the north
These pictures were taken from the modern buildings, partially based on caves, where the men of the monastery live and the kitchen for making cheese is located. The view is of the old, central monastery buildings with the church in the foreground.
Type: Architecture
Tags: An Nabk, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
View of Deir Mar Musa from the west
This is how visitors approaching from the west first see Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi.
Type: Architecture
Tags: An Nabk, Architecture, Deir Mar Musa, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
The ancient monastic cemetery of Deir Mar Musa 
The ancient monastic cemetery of Deir Mar Musa is located in the wadi west of the monastery. It was mentioned by Sir Richard Burton in the C19th and had been comprehensively looted by the latter part of the C20th.
Type: Landscape
Tags: An Nabk, Cave, Deir Mar Musa, Grave, Landscape, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria, Tomb